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TONIGHT, JUMPSTART MEMORIAL DAY WKND WITH WILL CLARK & BROOKLYN PRIDE #brooklynpride #willclark

Start the weekend out EARLY and RIGHT by joining us at Bingo for the rev up to your holiday with Brooklyn Pride and Tina Turner impersonator, Ron B! XXX flicks and theatre tix plus much more!

PLUS we have Jackie Beat tix as well as tix to a new off Broadway show, BIG EXCELLENT 20TH REUNION starring Bianca Leigh!

Cheap booze, hot men and Bingo Bingo Bingo!

About Brooklyn Pride

Brooklyn Pride is a 501(c)(3) wholly volunteer-managed, tax-exempt, non-profit organization working for and on behalf of all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Brooklynites and all others who support the struggle for equality of this community. In the spirit of Stonewall, Brooklyn Pride welcomes the participation of all the residents of Brooklyn and the outer boroughs, regardless of age, creed, gender, gender identification, HIV status, national origin, physical, mental or development disability, race religion or sexual orientation.

About Ron B

2012 Co-Host of the annual Brooklyn LGBT Pride Twilight Parade

"Tina Turner" celebrity impersonator and "No Boundaries - Up Close & Personal" MNN TV host

Ron B., is a nationally known Tina Turner celebrity impersonator and TV host of her own show, "No Boundaries - Up Close & Personal" on Time Warner Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN).  Ron B. graces the entertainment stage as host and is a recognized major motion film actor appearing in such recent films such as “Arthur”,  ‘Angels In American”, “Man on a Ledge”, “Another Night In Suck City”,  and on television, special guests appearances include ‘Law and Order Special Victims Unit”, “Smash”, “30 Rock” and “Sex In The City” to name a few!

Ron B. has led the inaugural march of the Screen Actors Guild National LGBT Committee in the Heritage of Pride produced, “Pride March 2011”, has served as host and Official MC for Brooklyn Pride Parade and for many years has performed her energetic show for the millions who attend Pride festivals across the nation.  As an accomplished theater actor,  Ron B. has made appearances in a series of staged short plays written by notable playwright Lawrence Schwabacher on the Journey’s of women particularly playing a Transgendered woman whom embraces whom she really is.  Always one to support New York area red carpet mega-events, just recently Ron B gave a command performance for the Bronx Pride Center Gala held at Slate and performed for Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz at the kick off of Brooklyn Pride at Brooklyn Borough Hall.  Noted performances included supporting GRIOT Circle and SAGE and nightclub appearances at the legendary Ice Palace for “The Fire Island Invasion”.

A Staten Island native, Ron B. in using her celebrity in a positive light, strives to serve as an advocate to ensure equality across the board for the LGBT Community and to provide a positive role model for Transgendered people, in hopes to make inroads toward equality and understanding. Ron B. states, “I am most proud as a firm supporter of equal opportunities for my Transgendered brothers and sisters, to have been selected to sit on the distinguished LGBT Panel held at Pace University along side Kate McDonough, lead organizer of the Empire State Pride Agenda.  Selected to impart in "Gender in the Binary" was a defining moment for me.  My message is simply that, “There are No Boundaries if you believe in yourself.”

Visit Ron B. on facebook or in person at the Brooklyn LGBT Pride Twilight Parade on Saturday, June 9th.  The fun kicks off at 7:30 pm til 9:30 pm along 5th Avenue continuing down Union Street, with the reviewing stand at 4th Street and 5th Avenue.

About Vanessa Valtre

Vanessa Valtre has been entertaining audiences in the Tri-State area for almost 13 years. What started out as a Halloween joke has now made her a very well respected entertainer with a plethora of attributes.  As a former Ms. Big Apple and Miss Tri-States, she now hosts her own show at the Albatross Bar in Astoria and Drag-oke. in TJ's one's every other month.  Though life has thrown her a couple of curve balls, her high resiliency factor has helped her maintain a respectful, humble and professional outlook in her work.  Now participating in her second year at NYC PRIDEFEST, she’s been given the honor to be one of the hostesses at several PRIDEFEST Celebration in New York City and other pride events .

Will Clark's Journal: First Night at The Ritz April 19th, 2012 #theritz #dallasdubois #justinlukenyc #willclark

First off I want to thank drag queen extraordinaire Dallas DuBois and author Justin Luke (who's book, Gulliver Takes Manhattan, is out now) for being my guinea pigs, er my first brave guests at the new location on Thursday April 19th. And thanks too to our first beneficiary - the incredible Cheer New York crew who always bring a sense of occasion with them.

Truth to tell, it hardly seems as though that was nearly six weeks ago now as I write this on a rainy Monday.... Time seemed to sort of slow down and speed up simultaneously as soon as the move to The Ritz got underway in earnest and there were a couple weeks in there where it seemed as though only two or three hours elapsed between shows..... thankfully it's all evening out now and I can go back to the gym and back to eating a full meal or two a day... (knock on wood)

Yes, I will readily admit that the move was a tad more complicated and involved than I expected but after a few weeks, we're doing well and it allows us a lot of room to expand. We're still looking how to make the most of the room.... but we're getting there.

You can click here to see the free gallery of images from our first night - thanks to AB and Chauncey for coming along for the ride in the new space... we've had a lot of changes these past couple months but we're hanging in there and throwing a weekly party that you are invited to!  (and thanks to AB for continuing to take pretty awesome pics for us!) :)

Starting June 23rd Sea Tea Season Starts Again; Get Season Pass Til June 1st #seatea

Good afternoon peeps! For those of us in New York, today was yet another beautiful summer day - even if yes, technically summer is a month away (and by the way June 21 which is Midsummer's Day is also our friend Kylie Edmond's birthday, more on that in the coming weeks).

Speaking of summer, the weekly Sea Tea party aboard the Queen of Hearts gets going in just a month - on Saturday June 23rd and Sunday June 24th as the Sea Tea revs up it's engines for another season of sailin', dancin' and lots of fundraisin throughout the summer.

For the 9th year in a row, the Bad Boys will be sailing - featuring Michael Brandon and DJ Jonny Mack along with a cast of hotties who'll join us to again raise funds for our friends over at Braking the Cycle! :)

This year you can save tons of cash by buying a season VIP pass for the summer but only until June 1st - so you have about 10 days to get it together and pony up the $99 that'll get you into a full season's worth of parties. If you go to just five parties over the summer, you've more than made back that investment and with the VIP you never have to worry about getting turned away at the door again.

And best of all, with the VIP pass, you can also bring a friend. So really this is an incredible value. 16 parties for a fraction of the cost. Hurry though, supplies are limited.

Meanwhile, full lineup for the Bad Boys Sea Tea is coming in the next few weeks...but just go ahead and buy your tickets now (last year we sold out).

 

TONIGHT MAY 17TH THE FUR FLIES WITH COLTON AND ROCKY! #coltonford #rockylabarre #gothamknights #willclark

A show chock full o cock, hair, muscle and men – superstar Colton Ford returns to the big show with an extra added helping of Pantheon Productions star Rocky LaBarre thrown in for good measure.

Tonight’s beneficiary is the Gotham Knights, New Yorks gay rugby group – no shortage of testosterone tonight!!! Erotic prizes plus… a Fleshjack up for grabs!

Cheap men, cheap drinks and your host Will Clark serving up the usual platter of good bingo fun!

Thursday May 17th: Colton Ford & Rocky LaBarre on The Will Clark Show

Just a few days til our biggest, hairiest and most muscle-y show of the spring - Pop idol Colton Ford will return to the Will Clark Show and along for the ride, Pantheon Productions star Rocky LaBarre, an up and coming stud making a name for himself in the XXX industry.

And if that weren't enough butchness for you, the beneficiary is the Gotham Knights, New York's gay rugby team - so mmm you know, hotties all around -- and they'll be kicking off their trip to the Bingham Cup next weekend in Manchester, England so, you know, drunk rugby players ready to have fun before they hop on a plane and come back with broken limbs or missing digits. :) .... how often do you get this kind of opportunity?)  And as well drinks are a mere $4, you can get them (and yourself) toasted for very little cash!

The May 17th show starts at 7pm and runs through til 9(ish). Colton's got to bolt by 8pm so come early for Colton and stay til the end to get the opportunity to bid on Rocky's jockstrap - yum.

 

TONIGHT ON THE WILL CLARK SHOW - SHERRY VINE, 7 TO 9! #sherryvine #willclark #theritz

TONIGHT: from 7 to 9pm - the incomparable Sherry Vine returns to The Will Clark Show for a night of erotic prizes and fundraising for the AIDS Service Center

You know her, you love her, you probably have done her (at least in your head) - she's the hostest with the mostest not safe for work music videos on You Tube - she's the one and only SHERRY VINE!

As regular Bingoettes know, the AIDS Service Center helps HIV/AIDS inflicted homeless people with food and clothing, the essential materials for this part of our community to re-enter the job market.

And you can help those in need by bringing in those soaps and shampoos that you get when you go to hotels on business trips. ASCNYC has an ongoing need to have these on hand.

See you tonight at The Ritz located at 369 W. 46th Street from 7pm to 9pm!

TONIGHT ON THE WILL CLARK SHOW - TIARAS AND JOCKSTRAPS! 7PM TO 9ISH

It’s our official grand re-opening night and what better way to celebrate in a grand way but to have the Empress and Emperor of New York’s Imperial Court join us as our guests! Witti Repartee and Ritz Kraka will be on hand to officially launch THE WILL CLARK SHOW FEAT. P*RNO BINGO in it’s new home at The Ritz!

Plus! Our very good friend and New York’s best stripper Jay Roth will be joining us to help us christen the new space (although instead of a bottle of champagne on the bow of a ship, we may just spank Jay’s behind.. potayto patahto)

Erotic prizes, mid-town men and Happy Hour drink prices and 100% of what we raise will go to benefit New York’s Imperial Court’s charities!

Good Monday Peeps - Best of Times on Fire Island #fireisland #willclark

I'm not going to go into great depth of what I was doing walking through the Pines this past Sunday morning at 6:15AM, but you can probably make an educated guess. I was clothed and I wasn't alone if that helps. :)

Anyway, for those Fire Islanders who are, like me, in love with the island the most when the sun is rising and all the little ones have let their heads land softly on the pillow (as well as those whose heads are on the pillow but they ain't exactly sleeping), it is an opportunity to enjoy, admire, drink in, the natural beauty of the place at a time when there is little other kinds of beauty to distract from it.

The stillness of the air around the blossoming complex, even on a windy day, washed over me refreshing my soul with the promise of new adventures to come. I could relate. My life, like the Pavilion complex, had sort of burned down and was in the middle of a fresh, hard won reconstruction.

I hoped, for my own sake, that the new complex would both improve on the clunky rebuilt pavilion of the recent past (I always felt it lacked any kind of character at all - you could be on any dance floor in the world  - and that's fine for an Arby's but not so much for the Pine's party focal point) and the Pavilion that everyone remembers from the past few decades (maybe without the feeling as though the entire enterprise might collapse with one strong wind). I sure hoped so. If I'm feeling a sort of sudden kinship with the new building, I want the finished product to be the best of all possible worlds (with apologies to Candide). :)

As we moved past the site, the morning sun streamed in through the wooden beams creating a sort of halo effect. The building bathed in the glorious spring. I wanted to enjoy it as long as I could. I had seen the construction site on my way in on Saturday afternoon (the pic above) but the morning light gave it a life it had lacked before.

The boardwalk reflected the morning sun with dazzling patches of orange creating a sort of road of light leading back to the house where I was staying, visiting a friend who was celebrating his 55th birthday at a big blowout party the night before.

The party itself had been the best kind of Fire Island event - music, lights, great looking men, great food and free flowing liquor. The night had been cool, but what better incentive to find someone nice to curl up with?

After a kind of morning nap, I turned to more drinks and a walk on the beach picking up seashells (the left pic), a perfect, contemplative end to a 'go with the flow' kind of experience.

You see, this is, I think, when Fire Island is at it's best. When it's not about high tea or low tea and all that "showing off" crap that, for me, gets old real fast.

For me, it's best when it's about hanging out with friends and meeting fun, new, interesting people. When everyone pitches in and cleans up the party house the next morning while sipping cocktails and dancing to high energy music. When even mopping the floor and tearing up boxes for recycling is fun because of the company enjoyed.

And of course Fire Island is also at it's best when one is walking home at 6:15AM. <G>But maybe that's just me. :)

 

Good Morning Peeps - This Blog Post Is Soooo Gay #vitogallo #thisshowissogay #willclark

Happy Saturday to everyone out there! I'm writing to you from the beach in Sayville- stayed with an old roommate who now lives out here - and this afternoon I am making my first trip of the season out to Fire Island for a big birthday blowout tonight. I've been invited to this party in the past but never have been able to make it but am looking forward to it - I could use a night of dancing and debauchery.. don't you think? :)

The Will Clark Show kicked ass this past Thursday night with Terese and Shaynee rockin the house and Vito making all the men swoon with dreamy eyes and a thick hairy chest... OK I have to stop thinking of that - I haven't even had breakfast or anything.. food before sex! (I would make some comment about how I think of food first before sex as I get older, but I'm pretty sure that food has always been my priority.. I'm the guy who, in the middle of an intense orgy will be all like "hey, can I get a sandwich?" Yeah, I'm that guy) :)

My other highlight of the week was getting interviewed on the podcast, THIS SHOW IS SO GAY where apparently I announced my candidacy for the Mayor of New York. Hey less competent people have run (and won) over the years so what the hey? However, living on the east side in Gracie Mansion would be a drag because geez, it's going to be a long time before the 2nd Ave. Subway is completed... maybe they'd let me stay on the upper west side in my fourth floor walk up rent stabilized apartment? You can hear more about my sole platform by listening to the show. Thanks to Ken who runs the show - that man is such a great interviewer - I used to say that I would never do an interview again (and hey, Ken, thanks for bringing THAT up!) but you know, with Ken, well, it's easy to be fabulous, charming and coherant. :)

BTW you'll notice little hyperlinks spread around the blog.. it's some new feature that Typepad offers and I'm kind of thrilled and kind of nervous that it's taking you to weird places on teh internets.. you know, like the Catholic League website or a Rick Santorum fan page or something. :)

I'll be back online bright and early Monday morning and in the meantime, here's a picture of Vito Gallo from Thursday night. My usual photographer, AB was not with us so I had to fend for myself - do you know how hard it is to do a show and take pictures of it at the same time? So I did manage to get this one pic of Vito but thankfully there is an awesome photog that works with the Ritz and he got some great snaps.. I'll be snagging those and posting them early in the new week.

Best to you all and have fun whereever you are this bright and sunny weekend - at least far out on Long Island!

Terese Genecco Tonight April 26th on The Will Clark Show starting at 7pm!

I know, I know, I'm like a kid in a candy store today pumping info about tonight's guests out like crazy - I can't help it, I'm just beyond thrilled about tonight's show - and I hope that if you're here in NYC and like hot male studs and delicious jazz/cabaret singers, and you support Marriage Equality, that we'll see you from 7pm to 9pm to play some Bingo at the Ritz.

As you might remember, I've had Terese Genecco on the show before but it's been a couple years and I'm so excited to see her again especially since she'll be bringing along her fiancee Shaynee Rainbolt, an established performer in her own right. :)

If you haven't been to Terese's monthly event at Iridium, then you're simply missing out on one of the singular pleasures that New York has to offer - seriously. If you pay the big rents here, you owe it to yourself to check out this gem of a show. I've been with friends a couple times and it's just a dynamite time - the show is incredible and of course there are drinks and food.. so it's a whole evening for you and your pals ... actually writing this reminds me that I haven't been in a long time and it's high time I make a plan to round up some friends and go (maybe for the next show, Tuesday May 29th?? Care to join me?)

In the meantime, see you all the Ritz TONIGHT!

Terese Genecco (pronounced "Teh-REECE Jeh-NECK-oh") & her 8-piece "little big band" is currently the "longest-running nightclub act on Broadway," appearing as a headliner at The Iridium NYC on the 3rd or the last Tuesday of every month, now going into its 4th year of monthly performances.

Originally from San Francisco, Genecco was recently cast as the co-lead with Broadway stars Eric Kunze and Alexandra Wailes in "Brindlebeast!" a brand new musical gearing up for produced staged readings in New York City and Hartford, CT in the fall of 2012.

Terese recorded her 2008 MAC Award-winning debut CD, "DRUNK WITH LOVE: A TRIBUTE TO FRANCES FAYE!" (her live tribute show) over a week in October of 2006 at The Metropolitan Room in NYC. It was released on the BUG:OUT:MUSIC label in April of 2007, and can be considered a companion piece to Ms. Faye's "Caught In The Act" LP's, which are currently available through GNP Crescendo Records and distributed online through iTunes, http://www.Amazon.com and other music retailers.

Genecco recently recorded, "If I Was A Boy," now available through CDBABY.COM, iTunes, http://www.Amazon.com, etc. The song was written by Maria Gentile and Caren Cole and was nominated for "Love Song Of The Year" and "Single of The Year" by the LGBT Academy of Recording Arts in December 2010. Sean Harkness plays guitars and bass and Joe Abba is on drums.

"Terese Genecco & Her Little Big Band Live From The Iridium NYC" was released on the BUG:OUT:MUSIC label on March 20, 2012, recorded live at The Iridium Jazz Club in Manhattan on October 12, 2012.